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Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who saw her cooking empire collapse after acknowledging that she used the N-word in the past — is under fire for how she worded a comparison of her struggle for a comeback to that of NFL prospect Michael Sam.

“He said, ‘I just want to be known as a football player. I don’t want to be known as a gay football player.’ I know exactly what he’s saying.”

Much of the criticism about Deen’s comment in the article, which comes out Friday, is over her use of the phrase “that black football player” to refer to Sam, who publicly acknowledged he is gay earlier this month.